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Forest City
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city in Iowa, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- USA
- State
- Iowa
- Counties
- Winnebago , Hancock
- Incorporated
- June 14, 1878
- Total
- 4.59 sq mi (11.90 km )
- Land
- 4.59 sq mi (11.90 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 1,260 ft (380 m)
- Density
- 932.6/sq mi (360.07/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 19-28380
- Website
- cityofforestcity .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Forest City
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Winnebago County
- Population
- 4285
- Area
- 12.022248
- Elevation
- 383
- Capital of
- Winnebago County
- Official website
- www.cityofforestcity.com
- Image
- Charles J. Thompson House, Forest City, Iowa.JPG
- Households
- 1519
- Dialing code
- 641
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- Commons category
- Forest City, Iowa
- postal code
- 50436
- water as percent of area
- 0
- different from
- Forest City
- per capita income
- 23763
- date of incorporation
- 1878-06-14
- inception
- 1855-00-00
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Forest City is a city in Hancock County and Winnebago County in the U.S. state of Iowa, and the county seat of Winnebago County. The population was 4,285 in the 2020 census, a decline from the 18,362 population in 2000. Forest City is the home of Waldorf University, a private university, and the primary manufacting center for Winnebago Industries.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Forest City” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.